<p>I am just throwing this out there as an idea for parents who are looking for ways for their students to meet their share of the financial obligations of college, while worrying about the students finding time to balance the competing needs of study/social life/ work/ and sleep.</p>
<p>I am a very lucky parent in that my sons have all been soccer nuts for years. While my husband and I have shelled out thousands over the years for travel teams, etc. (one son’s team travels the national circuit), my sons have turned soccer into a good source of spending money. Being a ref at soccer games is lucrative!!! The certification courses for referees are not at all difficult. In our area (central Ohio), depending on the league , whether he is working the line or calling the game, and the age of the game being reffed (is that a word?), my sons earn anywhere from $15 to $40 a game–in other words, for one to one-and-a-half hours’ work. </p>
<p>My rising college-junior son at first reffed games for the intramural league at his school, but it paid only work- study wages. He found a nearby travel club that was always in need of refs–he generally works two to four games on weekends, and put his name in as a substitute for weekday games, so that he can maintain control over his schedule. He makes at least $50/week for absolutely minimum hours. Refs are paid in cash, so he always has money for his weekends.</p>
<p>This takes care of his needs during the spring and fall seasons. During the winter, he tried to get games at an indoor soccer facility but didn’t get as many games as he would have liked.</p>
<p>Another good source of cash: Bar Mitzvah tutoring. This summer my middle son has been tutoring two students for their upcoming bar mitzvahs–he has taught them their tropes, and has been working with them on their Torah and Haftorah passages. He charges $20/hour. The students were referred to him by our synogogue. </p>
<p>I’m sure other families have come up with good ideas as well. I’m putting this out there to share ideas.</p>
<p>Reffing soccer can be ridiculously lucrative for an 18-year-old. DS has been reffing since 7th grade and will continue to do so in college. Calling one U15 game on a Saturday morning will keep him in pizza money for a week. And the fields are less than a mile away from his college. </p>
<p>His next step is to get his cert for high school games. But, since many high school games are during the week, and he will have classes/work study/team practice, these games might not be possible for him. We’ll see how it all works out.</p>
<p>In the mean time, he’s reffing like crazy this summer. League, tournament and district soccer are netting him about 6 games a week.</p>
<p>Being CPR certified and then being certified to teach is also extremely lucrative. Around here, it pays upwards of $20/hour, and you usually get about 5 hours a week.</p>
<p>My kids have all been summer lifeguards for years, but S2 has branched out into freelance swim instruction. He realized the profit margin between what his former employer was charging for the swim lessons he was giving and what he was getting paid was over 50%. He found a new pool that lets him teach swimming “on the side” when he’s not guarding. He’s cut out the middleman and can schedule his lessons around his other activities - and he’s doubled his hourly income. I wouldn’t be surprised if DD follows suit next summer. (All my kids are jocks, but not in swimming - except as a job.)</p>
<p>This isn’t technically a “job”, but many local scholarships are given out at our school which require application by the student. Even though the availability of applications in the guidance office is announced at school, not too many seniors take the time to go through the files to find those which they are eligible for and apply. This makes the chance of being awarded the scholarships pretty high for those that do bother to apply (if they meet the requirements). My daughter applied for a bunch of these - it wasn’t much trouble - and was awarded four totalling $2325.<br>
Also - both my kids LOVED tutoring through the National Honor Society. The rate was set at $12 per hour 3 years ago (my son) and is now $15 per hour (my daughter).</p>
<p>My D has been tutoring for the last year on her own, outside school - German, Spanish, and now, during the summer, math. $20 per hour. She intends on continuing throughout college. Will send her name to the local high schools. Also, her school starts after the local HS’s and she has interterm, so she has applied to be a substitute teacher for those times. Very few qualified to teach foreign language, so she will be in demand. $55/day. (Check withindividual districts some require a year or 2 of college, or have different requirements).</p>
<p>I wont mention what my brother did while he was in high school- except for that it was so lucrative that he needed to join the military to force him to stop.
I don’t require my kids earn money while they are in high school, but they do need to have a job- so far they have both had volunteer jobs in high school- which has worked into a fairly well paying work study job for my oldest in college- ( computer tect)</p>
<p>How do students get certified to teach CPR? What age do they have to be? S is CPR certified and also is certified to facilitate another type of training, so this could be a great job for him.</p>
<p>He was growing and selling drugs
My father was deceased and my mother feared that if she was too strict with him he would grow up to be… wait for it… GAY! </p>
<p>oh no- better that he be a drug dealer and have all his druggie friends over and know that our house is the place to go.:rolleyes:</p>